A legal fight to remove graphic footage of a church stabbing in Sydney from Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been sensationally dropped by the eSafety Commissioner.
Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant announced that the Federal Court case would be dropped following several setbacks in court and the expiration of a temporary order to hide the footage.
“After weighing multiple considerations, including litigation across multiple cases, I have considered this option likely to achieve the most positive outcome for the online safety of all Australians, especially children,” Ms Inman-Grant said.
“Our sole goal and focus in issuing our removal notice was to prevent this extremely violent footage from going viral, potentially inciting further violence and inflicting more harm on the Australian community and I stand by my investigators and the decisions eSafety made.”
More to come.